Comments | vvalkyri: an obervation about pain

vvalkyri

an obervation about pain

Oct 22, 2016 01:40

short form: I am blessed to be sufficiently pain free in my normal life that I have no patience with nonconsensual pain, but it means I'm currently highly annoyed with my body. I am amused that I said that to someone today, and that at least it wasn't the physical therapist.

( in case anyone cares why physther, which was scheduled when I had less to be annoyed about )

body, pain, health

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kushielsfire October 22 2016, 09:15:42 UTC

As a massage therapist, if it got worse after massage (and not in a 'sore like it was worked out' sort of way) then you should cancel the upcoming appointments for massage and potentially pursue another avenue of treatment.

There is the possibility that it *is* something muscular, and the massage therapist you saw may not have known what they were doing.

It may be worth asking flirtaciousj what s/he had done to make it better and then pursue that line of treatment.

Hope your shoulder feels better soon.

vvalkyri October 22 2016, 14:28:54 UTC

It seemed very similar, what flirtaciousj and ian each did; they were doing stuff under the shoulderblade. ian was also working on more of my back and shoulders. I was on a narrow park bench with flirtaciousj so maybe he had a lot better access?

neither ian nor kazu (the two I've been staying with) are available on wednesday anyway -- they were going to try me with someone new who also had strong pressure.

kushielsfire October 23 2016, 01:52:32 UTC

Actually now sounds like subscapularis. You just need a good massage therapist who can get under the shoulder blade and work the right muscles.

vvalkyri October 26 2016, 06:32:48 UTC

PT thought that yes subscapularis sounded right, and maybe not to cancel because i was so tight in general, but then after pushing her, it turned out shewas talking about on the left where certain motions are a problem, not on the right where there is a visible cord of muscle spasming next to my shoulderblade. (somewanker described...

i really don't understand.

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musicman October 22 2016, 10:46:47 UTC

It is not uncommon for my pain to be a bit worse after a massage, until the next day and then it goes away. But I like deep tissue massage, and that is not for the faint at heart when it comes to pain. I'm also very picky about my massage therapists, and don't go to massage envy or any discount places. I can give you the name of my current massage therapists, she is in Columbia. I think her rates are reasonable, but they are not discount, and she gives great value for the money.

If you are telling your massage therapist you don't do non-consensual pain, you should rephrase that as "I don't mind pain if it is going to help me." The concept of non-consensual pain may well confuse the massage therapist. they aren't all kinky, you know.

vvalkyri October 22 2016, 14:25:56 UTC

I didn't have that "no patience with nonconsensual pain" conversation with the massage guy; it was someone else.

I'll usually explain that I will report pain because they need to know if something is painful or not, but that unless I'm squeaking I'm probably dealing with it okay, and will withstand if it's theraputic.

It's hard though, to figure out what is beneficial to endure and what is actually going to make things worse to endure.